Robert L. Thomas
21Patents
14h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 22, 1982 → Aug 16, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5162941A | Confocal microscope | Physics | 86 | Expired |
| US6399948B1 | Miniaturized contactless sonic IR device for remote non-destructive inspection | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US5287183A | Synchronous imaging system | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6236049A | Infrared imaging of ultrasonically excited subsurface defects in materials | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US4968144A | Single beam AC interferometer | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6759659B2 | Thermal imaging system for detecting defects | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US5351152A | Direct-view stereoscopic confocal microscope | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US4874251A | Thermal wave imaging apparatus | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US4878116A | Vector lock-in imaging system | Human Necessities | 25 | Expired |
| US7199367B2 | System and method for defect detection by inducing acoustic chaos | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US7122801B2 | System and method for generating chaotic sound for sonic infrared imaging of defects in materials | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6437334B1 | System and method for detecting cracks in a tooth by ultrasonically exciting and thermally imaging the tooth | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US5283684A | Method of constructing confocal microscope components | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US4589783A | Thermal wave imaging apparatus | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US6998616B2 | System and method for acoustic chaos and sonic infrared imaging | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US6593574B2 | Hand-held sound source gun for infrared imaging of sub-surface defects in materials | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US7064332B2 | Hand-held sound source for sonic infrared imaging of defects in materials | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US5120918A | Vacuum circuit interrupter contacts and shields | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US5223932A | Dynamic offset to increase the range of digitization of video images | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US4513186A | Vacuum interrupter contact structure and method of fabrication | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US8602239B2 | Decorative paper plate storage units | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.